Henry Bathurst, bishop of Norwich

(1744-1837)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bathurst, Henry, 1744-1837 NRA: Bathurst, Henry (1744-1837) Bishop of Norwich DNB: Bathurst, Henry (bap. 1744, d. 1837), bishop of Norwich LBT ID: HeBathu1837 VIAF ID: 64809561 LOC ID: no90000460	B/BAP: 1744-10-15 DIED: 1837-04-05
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Educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, he was prebendary of Durham (1795) and bishop of Norwich (1805); he was the only bishop to support the 1832 Reform Act.
REFERENCES TO Henry Bathurst, bishop of Norwich: Sydney Smith to Henry Reeve, 11 August 1808 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 2: ¶ 2 ¶ n1 Sir James Edward Smith to William Roscoe, [3 October 1814] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Found 1: ¶ 1 William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch II. 1807-1810 Found 2: ¶ 14 ¶ 16 Ch XI. 1816-1820 Found 1: ¶ 16 Henry Roscoe, The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Chapter XIII. 1812-1815 Found 1: ¶ 49 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1808 Found 1: ¶ n1 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter I. 1828-1830. Found 1: ¶ 13